Port Executives Get Raises
South Carolina’s incompetent port executives gave themselves over $200,000 in bonuses this year, a decision they chose to announce late in the day … on Election Day.
That’s right … despite running our port system completely into the ground thanks to their slavish devotion to outdated, socialist business models, these already-overpaid Marxists are now swimming around in some big-time bonus money.
Here’s the extra jack these SPA jokers are now taking home with them …
Bernard Groseclose, president and CEO, $27,720
Joe Bryant ,vice president of terminal development, $21,620
Peter Hughes, CFO, $19,243
William McLean, vice president of operations, $19,091
Philip Lawrence, chief legal counsel, $18,930
Fred Stribling, vice president of marketing and sales, $18,327
Stephen Connor, vice president for security, risk management and human resources, $17,177
Pamela Everitt, chief information officer, $16,991
David Schronce, director of Port of Georgetown, Port Royal and Veterans Terminal, $13,107
Peter Lehman, director for planning and business development, $12,620
Byron Miller, director of public relations, $12,123
Barbara Melvin, manager of government relations, $11,130
Seriously, this is the worst-run agency in all of state government, people. It’s losing business faster than you can say “Maersk” (or “Sealand,” for that matter), while the rest of the country passes our state by.
And these cretins deserve raises?
Sheesh … the only people less-deserving of raises right now are the top brass over at the Republican National Committee.
Comments
By SPA Blows on November 5th, 2008 at 11:20 am
EXCELLENT post.
There is plenty wrong with the way this state is run but the mismanagement of our ports is perhaps the most egregious form good old boy assbackwardness that we are forced to endure. SC has been dealt a tough hand by globalization and economic changes in recent years but this is the one area where we should be just killing it. Alas, we aren’t but those who run our ports sure are.
As bad as SPA is, many folks (even those who tend to follow SC political goings on) no NOTHING about it and how much money these clowns are keeping from SC workers.
Now that election hysteria has passed please keep sounding the alarm on SPA.
By jed on November 5th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
I want to hear a cogent argument on why this should not be a privately-run port. If nothing else, leasing the land (instead of giving it away) would go a long way to fix out stupid budget issues, not to mention the prospect of some company actually paying taxes on their business transactions. Forget any of the DHEC/EPA/Whatever other enviro issues, this is an easy financial decision.
I’m not one to go around yelling “socialist!” as is the rage these days, but I’m not sure what else to call the SPA.
By SPA does not work for the taxpayer on November 5th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
I do not know anyone who thinks the SPA is doing a good job. Yesterday, in a Post & Courier op-ed titled “New SPA direction needed to save port-related jobs”, the union folks basically said the SPA should have new management.
Container volume is dropping – yet the SPA wants to build another terminal without any guarantees it will have any business.
I used to think the Governor controlled the SPA board- but after watching nothing happen for years -I don’t think the SPA reports to anyone-as exemplified by these raises while our state makes budget cuts at other agencies.
I think the ILA summed it up pretty good in their op-ed as follows – If necessary, there should be a complete changing of the guard to bring in new blood that will help create and protect S.C. citizens’ jobs and not compete against and eliminate them. A lot of talk has been made about privatization. This also could be a good solution that would create millions of dollars for the S.C. treasury through rents, taxes and good jobs.
What are we waiting on?????????
By Joseph Reynolds on November 6th, 2008 at 11:18 am
Next two years Sanford needs the focus on SPA..and Santee Cooper….
get us out of both those businesses and see if that doesnt help kick start the state.
How much could we net by selling Santee Cooper alone? A billion?
By Gene E. Nowak on November 6th, 2008 at 11:53 am
The Governor does not control these agencies just is the fall guy for the legislature when thing go wrong.